I found there just simply aren't near enough and its really not even close. In my franchise the Nationals only have 6 errors (.994%) in 29 games played. The worst team is the Mets with only 20 errors (.981%).
IRL the best fielding team, the Marlins with 11 errors (.991%) in 35 games played. The worst team is the Athletics with 36 errors (.973%). The league average is 21 errors currently with 30-36 games played.
I simmed to be at the same date as real life and the Nationals now have 7 errors and the Mets have 25.
I then simmed ahead until I saw the errors up to where they currently are IRL. I had to sim to June 1st before the numbers were even close, but even then the team fielding% as a whole is way too high.
The Nationals only have 11 errors (.994%). Mets have 45 (.976%). IRL team fielding% top 5 leaders are:
Marlins(t 1st)- .991
D-Backs(t 1st)- .991
Rays(t 1st)- .991
Tigers(2nd)- .989
Reds (t 3rd)- .987
Dodgers (t 3rd)- .987
Red Sox (t 3rd)- .987
Braves (4th)- .986
Rockies (t 5th)- .984
Angels (t 5th)- .984
In the game as of June 1st when the amount of errors were similar to real life as of May 14th, the top 5 are:
Nationals (1st)- .994
Orioles (2nd)- .991
Angels (t 3rd)- .990
Royals (t 3rd)- .990
Cardinals (t 3rd)- .990
Red Sox (t 4th)- .989
Dodgers (t 4th)- .989
Cubs (t 5th)- .988
Phillies (t 5th)- .988
Pirates (t 5th)- .988
Take it for what you will but it is clear from this there just aren't enough fielding errors in the game. Remember...I had to sim to June 1st to even get that close to real life which is mid May.
The game is great but it's something like this that can easily throw off a lot of other stats. Giving teams, especially good teams extra outs is usually very costly. Just hope this can be explored for next year.
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